Los Angeles Times
Border officials clear agents in four deadly-force casesLos Angeles TimesBorder officials for the first time have publicly released the conclusions of internal investigations of agents who opened fire while on duty, ruling that officers had acted properly in four shootings. The reviews were conducted by an internal panel …Border agency clears employees in 4 shooting incidentsChron.comCBP...

Washington Post
Wildlife officials hunt for bear that killed mountain-bikerThe San Luis Obispo TribuneA grizzly bear cub rests near a cabin a few miles from the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont., in 2013. Grizzly bears have rebounded from widespread extermination across the Northern Rockies over the past several decades.Human, bear conflicts on the rise in Northern...

CBS Local
Police: Cowboy who rode across bridge abused his 2 horsesWashington PostNEW YORK — An 80-year-old man who has been riding around the country on horseback, saying he was trying to call attention to starving children, was arrested Thursday on animal cruelty charges after investigators concluded his horses were malnourished …Cowboy who crossed bridge with horses in N.Y. taken...

Washington Post
The Pentagon's ban on transgender service just fell — but the details are complicatedWashington PostDefense Secretary Ashton B. Carter repealed the Pentagon's long-held ban on transgender people serving in the military Thursday, ending a year-long process that was bogged down by internal conflict and concerns among senior service officials about how …Pentagon...

New York Times
Meeting Between Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch Provokes Political FurorNew York TimesAttorney General Loretta Lynch this week in Phoenix, where she had an encounter with former President Bill Clinton on an airport tarmac. Credit Nancy Wiechec/Reuters. WASHINGTON — An airport encounter this week between Attorney General Loretta E.Bipartisan Disapproval Follows Bill Clinton's...